Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton
Grid reference
NX 778 573 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
277800 557300
Latitude
54.89538421764427
Longitude
-3.9056629797180356
Altitude (metres)
110
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Gelston, former parish, Kelton (0 miles)
Kirkmirran, ~eccles, Kelton (1.93 miles)
Kirkmirran, settlement, Kelton (1.94 miles)
St Mirran's Well, Kelton (2.02 miles)
Kelton, parish (2.07 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Gelston, former parish, Kelton (formerly)
Within Kelton, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Michaelis
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Michaelis
Place
St Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ecclesiam Sancti Michalis 1325, RMS
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Michalis Head nameEcclesia Sancti Michaelis PlaceSt Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, App. 1, no. 20 Date of citation1325 x 1325 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Ecclesiam Sancti Michaelis 1325, RRS v
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Michaelis Head nameEcclesia Sancti Michaelis PlaceSt Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS v, no. 275 Date of citation1325 x 1325 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyRobert I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS v
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum vol.v
Editors
A.A.M. Duncan
Secondary Title
Acts of Robert I
Year
1988
ecclesiam S. Michaelis 1451, RMS
Historic formecclesiam S. Michaelis Head nameEcclesia Sancti Michaelis PlaceSt Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 461 Date of citation1451 x 1451 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Michael (ns) (certain)
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